Advocacy advertising--United States
National American Woman Suffrage Association. Convention
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.]]>
Women in public life
Women in the United States]]>

Published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), this calendar notes the social, economic, and political advances women made year by year from 1800 through 1899.

The calendar includes portraits of Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Harriet Blackwell, Mary A. Livermore, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Additional sections include:
  • The Gains of the Century
  • Progress in Education
  • Progress in Occupations and Professions
  • Progress in Social Liberty
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Maps
National American Woman Suffrage Association
New York Woman Suffrage Party
Votes for Women
Women--United States--Political activity
Women farmers]]>

  • "Votes for Women a Success: the map proves it" Created by NAWSA to publicize the success of its state-by-state campaign for voting rights. This particular map was widely circulated in various formats during meetings and rallies.
  • "Six reasons why farmer's wives should vote" by Amelia Macdonald Cutler
  • "Are you one of us?" by the Industrial Section of the New York Woman Suffrage Party
  • "Not at home you were out today!"
  • "Politics is man's business. Isn't politics woman's business too?"
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Clark, Champ, 1850-1921
Constitutional Amendments
National American Woman Suffrage Association
State action (Civil rights)--United States
Suffrage--United States--New York
Suffrage--United States--Pennsylvania
Thomas, Charles S. (Charles Spalding), 1849-1934
United States. Congress--Resolutions
Women's Political Union (New York, N.Y.)]]>
Blatch, Harriot Stanton, 1856-1940
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Women's Political Union (New York, N.Y.)]]>
Slogans
Votes for Women
Women--Political activity]]>

"Votes for Women" was one of the most frequently used slogans throughout the woman's suffrage movement. ]]>
Pennants
Slogans
Votes for Women
Women--Political activity]]>

This pennant may have been sold by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Yellow was NAWSA's official color and the organization sold a variety of pennants, banners, and sashes.

"Votes for Women" was one of the most frequently used slogans throughout the woman's suffrage movement.]]>
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Pennants
Slogans
Votes for Women
Women--Political activity]]>

The main part of the pennant contains the slogan "Votes for Women." The word "Victory" and two trumpet designs are cut into the black attachment along the top.

Yellow and black were the primary colors used by the National American Woman Suffrage Association. There are no manufacturer marks on this pennant. ]]>
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Fundraising
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919
Votes for Women
Women--Political activity]]>

Each page consists of a detachable postcard, picturing four ballot boxes and the words "Votes for Women." On the back of each page are short essays by noted authors.

All of the cards are intact except January and February, which are missing the bottom postcard. The National American Woman Suffrage Association printed a variety of calendars, but this may have been their most widely distributed.]]>
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Fundraising
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919
Votes for Women
Women--Political activity]]>

Each page is supposed to contain a detachable postcard, picturing four ballot boxes and the words "Votes for Women" but the postcards have been torn off of this set. On the back of each page are short essays by noted authors.

The National American Woman Suffrage Association printed a variety of calendars, but this may have been their most widely distributed.]]>
Demitasse
Liberty Bell
National American Woman Suffrage Association. Convention.
Political campaigns
Souvenir spoons
United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
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Engraved on the handle, from the top, is the word Philadelphia, and images of significance to the city including the city seal, a portrait of William Penn, Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the words "Liberty, Equality, Unity." In the bowl are the words "National Woman Suffrage Convention 1912."

Engraved on the back of the handle are images including Philadelphia's City Hall, Penn House, the Post Office, and Girard College. ]]>